1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback – Clean One-Owner

By Modern Driveline • August 09, 2019 Posted in Featured Cars, Magazine Articles, Special Interest

Ed Schmidt Never Expected To Keep His 1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback For 40 Years

Donald Farr

Former Editor, Mustang Monthly

January 10, 2011

Lonny Childress pulled over, set the parking brake, and announced, “Now you drive.”

I was visiting Gateway Classic Mustang to check out their new vintage Mustang suspension system (see “Gateway to Modern Handling” in the August 2010 issue) and got more than I bargained for when Lonny and his brother, Jason, pointed out Ed Schmidt’s ’67 GT fastback on a corner lift. Gateway had recently completed the restoration of Ed’s original-owner Mustang, complete with the installation of Gateway’s new suspension, so the car offered a perfect opportunity for a test on the streets around the Gateway shop.